Where Light in Darkness Lies
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Sell my copyAuthor: Veronica della Dora
Title: Where Light in Darkness Lies
Binding: Hardcover
Number Of Pages: 280
Release Date: 2022-05-17
Details: An illuminating history of both real-life lighthouses and the beacons of literature and art alike, shedding light on the multifaceted power of these liminal structures.
Suspended between sea and sky, battered by the waves and the wind, lighthouses mark the battle lines between the elements. They guard the boundaries between the solid human world and the primordial chaos of the waters; between stability and instability; between the known and the unknown. As such, they have a strange, universal appeal that few other manmade structures possess.
Engineered to draw the gaze of sailors, lighthouses have likewise long attracted the attention of soldiers and saints, artists and poets, novelists and filmmakers, colonizers and migrants, and, today more than ever, heritage tourists and developers. Their evocative locations, isolation, and resilience, have turned these structures into complex metaphors, magnets for stories. This book explores the rich story of the lighthouse in the human imagination.
EAN: 9781789145496
Package Dimensions: Height: 8.75 Inches, Length: 6.5 Inches, Weight: 1.85 Pounds, Width: 0.9 Inches
